Tripoli Light

Date unknown (station established 1880). Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 26 m (89 ft) round cylindrical tower with a flared top, painted with horizontal black and white bands. The original lighthouse, a cast iron skeletal tower, was replaced by a reinforced concrete tower similar in height and daymark to the present lighthouse. Designed by the Italian engineer Aldo Bruschi, the second lighthouse was built in 1924-26 and demolished in 1943 during World War II. The present lighthouse must have been built sometime after the war, but the exact date is not known. Located on the waterfront in Tarabulus (Tripoli).